People · United States
Jace Janzen
3×3 · top 3.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2025 · 2025JANZ03
Jace Janzen has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.42, set at Cuyuna Cubing 2026, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,061st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since December 2025, he has put 170 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.95 in December 2025 to 8.42, a 15% improvement. Jace has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.42 | 9.79 | top 3.6% | 2,061 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.13 | 2.89 | top 5.7% | 2,307 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.61 | 19.47 | top 14.2% | 1,861 / 15,900 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.78 | 9.28 | top 26.1% | 7,254 / 29,168 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 14 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Kansas Championship 2026.
- 13 Dec 2025First competition: Tulsa Holiday Cube-Off 2025. A 9.95 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UCO Mega Cube-Off 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cuyuna Cubing 2026 · 27 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Ardmore Autumn 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Kansas Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- GAN Southern Championship 2026 · 11 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- OKC Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026
- Tulsa Holiday Cube-Off 2025 · 13 Dec 2025
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Luke Janzen — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Sean Janzen — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Julia Janzen — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.